Have an opportunity to do a project cutting down a hill 15-20 feet and moving it 300ft, 450ft probably being the furthest. Basically cutting a hill flat and extending it to a pad. No compaction is needed as just the scraper will be enough for what it’s for. Project is 15000 yards. I have a 17 yard scraper and think 4.5 minute turn around would be pretty close maybe even on the long side. Would 2.50 a yard be too cheap to just scrape the dirt?
What is your operating cost per hour? Fuel, maintenance, insurance, payments, labor? How much money/return do you want for not only yourself but your equipment as well? What are the soil conditions? Rock, sand, clay? Do you have to strip and stock the topsoil? Any topsoil re-spread?
I’ve been charging 275 an hour for the track tractor and and scraper. Soil will be all clay. There is hardly any topsoil and they thought maybe stockpile a 1000 yards so not much
As CM asked above What is your operating cost per hour? Fuel, maintenance, insurance, payments, labor? How much money/return do you want for not only yourself but your equipment as well? How long have you been in business? Is that $275 an hour you mention making you money, breaking even or what? I'm not trying to be rude, but there are a lot of people in business who don't last long because they don't know what their costs are. If you think you can do it for $2.50 a yard and make money go for it. If $2.50 is the "If nothing goes wrong & I need the money" price maybe it's not enough. Retired, thank God Joe H
You have described a very easy and simple job to shuffle some dirt. Short haul and easy cuts. You have more than enough experience to know what it will take. $37500.00 seems like a decent price. IMHO of course.
There are clays, and then there are clays. I have some of both, and a pull pan. Sandy, loamy, and some clays load good. Other clays form ribbons that shoot over the top of the pan and land 20' behind the pan. When you do get them loaded they don't want to come out. Hopefully your pan is better. Do you know enough about local soil types to be certain after you cut 5' the soil doesn't turn to tiger ****?